"4. If you have an extremely large family file, split it into two or more
smaller family files."
How can this be done?
Jim
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From: "Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 4:25 PM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] speeding up Legacy
> The following ideas will help improve the speed at which Legacy runs:
>
> 1. Run your ScanDisk and Defrag hard drive utilities.
>
> 2. Check the space available on your hard drive. When a hard drive starts
> becoming full, computer speed will slow down. Clean up your hard drive by
> deleting unneeded files.
>
> 3. On slower computers, the time needed to display individuals in Family
and
> Pedigree View can be speeded up by turning off pictures. If you would
like
> to turn off pictures, click Options on the menu bar, select Customize...
on
> the options menu and click the View tab on the Customize screen. Next in
the
> lower right area of the screen, uncheck the Show Main Picture on Family
> Pedigree View box and click the Save button.
>
> 4. If you have an extremely large family file, split it into two or more
> smaller family files.
>
> 5. If you are running your family file from an external drive, Zip or CD
> drive, move it to your hard drive for faster access.
>
> 6. Turn off as many other programs running in the background as possible.
> These will be the programs in the System Tray in the lower right corner of
> your screen (just to the left of the time).
>
> 7. If your computer does a lot of "disk caching" (which will slow down
your
> program), upgrade your system memory. You should have at least 32 MB or
more
> of RAM.
>
> 8. Upgrade your computer with a faster processor (500 MHz or faster).
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jim Terry
> Technical Support
> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> Anyone have some tips for speeding up Legacy on older computers?
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